Ocean acidification may have severe consequences for marine ecosystems; however, assessing its future impact is difficult because laboratory experiments and field observations are limited by their reduced ecologic complexity and sample period, respectively. In contrast, the geological record contains long-term … Continue reading
David Christian is a professor at Macquarie University, Australia where he teaches big history courses and is beginning the process of setting up a Big History Institute. He coined the term “Big History” which is the attempt to understand, in a unified, interdisciplinary … Continue reading
David Christian of Macquaire University, Australia, has won the support of Bill Gates and Microsoft to support development of ChronoZoom, whose goal is: to make time relationships between different studies of history clear and vivid. In the process, it provides … Continue reading
What do you think of when you hear the words “World History”? John Green believes it is 15,000 years long. He has produced a series of YouTube videos giving what he thinks are the main facts in the story. Not … Continue reading
They call it the history of the world but this two-hour TV show, originally broadcast on the History Channel, is actually the history of the universe! It provides a quick overview of the whole subject. Available on DVD from Mar … Continue reading
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